Words As Weapons

by CJ Maleney   Mar 10, 2017


Words used to be his friend
With them he could do anything
He would make them dance in circles
Resonate like bells that ring

He would twist and he could mould the
To make them fit his mood
He could pencil them into a song
But now he's lost the tune

The words that were his water,
Have dried up like a moat
Sitting on the dampened earth
A spike has pierced that boat

In the silence that now echoes
Some rare words still do flow
But they're hollow and they're empty
They contain not heart or soul

The only time that passion flows
The words are like an axe
The wound is deep and piercing
He can't see a way back

But he sits there with his quill
And he jabs it in his vein
He'll write in blood and tears
It's what he must to ease the pain

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  • 7 years ago

    by Em

    Craig, another great write with fabulous rhyming that just seems to be as smooth as glass until it's broken lol. The rhyming is unforced and the content well you hit the nail on the head with the title on this one. Words can be very powerful weapons and usually we say some very hurtful things when we're angry and sometimes we say them without realising the full affect they have.

    1/ Loved the opening and the imagery here of the mans words (I assume yours) dancing around to the church bells ringing in the distance. My imagination run away with the bells haha

    2/ This is very powerful and I feel here it's about writers block because words came easily before (twisting/moulding them) but now he has no inspiration therefore 'losing his tune.' Mold should be mould here (I really hope you don't mind me saying as I know its difficult on a mobile)

    3/ This was my favourite part. The imagery is astounding as I imagine this guy lapping up words like water and then his boat being pierced so he didnt have a leg to stand on or should I say any words to write.

    4/ We may not be able to write a complete poem but we can write a little just for release and it'll help somewhat until inspiration comes to us once more.

    5/ I have changed my mind this is my favourite part though why I'm not sure. It just caught me unaware.

    5/ What an ending. I guess, we would do anything to be able to write even if it meant writing in our own blood, sweat and tears so people can feel our emotion.

    Loved this and I will nominate asap.
    Em

    • 7 years ago

      by CJ Maleney

      This was actually started and finished very quickly, as most of my stuff is. When in the right mood things just flow out.

      It's quite weird sometimes. If I look in my drafts there are a bunch of titles or an opening line where had an idea but never gotten round to writing the whole thing.

      I do have a number of complete ones which I'll post in due course

  • 7 years ago

    by BlueJay

    All I can really say about this is that your use of syntax was actually quite powerful and without it I don't think your mood would have been established even half as clearly.

    • 7 years ago

      by CJ Maleney

      This actually started out as something completely different but in that alcoholic fog it warped into what you now read

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